Lawsuit filed for man who died at museum

ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 15 (UPI) -- The estate of a man who died at the Jell-O Museum in New York has filed a lawsuit in a federal court over his death, officials said.

The suit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Rochester by Sophia LaMont, who manages the estate of her father, Frank P. LaMont Jr., The Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle reported.

Frank LaMont died after the scooter he was riding fell about 3 feet from a lift at the Jell-O Museum in October, 2010. He landed headfirst on concrete with the scooter on top of him, fracturing his skull. LaMont died later the same day.

The lawsuit names the United States; the Le Roy Historical Society, which owns the museum; The Safety and Access Co. Inc., which serviced the lift, and Ikeco Inc., a company that sold and installed the lift at the museum, as defendants, alleging LaMont's death was the result of the negligence of the Veterans Affairs workers supervising him and the defective design and maintenance of the elevator.